A’Lexus Harrison to Redshirt

Maryland Athletics

12-20-2013

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Freshman A’Lexus Harrison of the eighth-ranked Maryland women’s basketball team will redshirt the 2013-14 season head coach Brenda Frese announced Friday. Harrison, a Baltimore native, had her appendix removed around the start of the season and has been recovering since.

“We have had numerous conversations with A'Lexus and put a lot of thought into this,” Frese said. “We feel the best decision for her is to redshirt this season. It provides her an advantage as she can practice and get ahead as she prepares for next season."

“I’ve talked a lot with the coaches and my family and we all feel like this is the best way for me to work hard, get better and be more than ready for next year,” Harrison said.

Harrison averaged 14 points and 13 rebounds per game in her senior season at Digital Harbor High School, amassing 1,465 career points, 1,300 rebounds, 565 assists and 245 blocks. She helped lead the Rams to the Baltimore City Division I title as a senior and was named to the Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team as a junior and senior.

The Terrapins (10-1) are ranked No. 8 in the latest Associated Press and USA Today National Coaches polls.

Next, the Terrapins will take time off for the holidays before they host the annual Terrapin Classic Dec. 28-29 at Comcast Center. Wofford, Howard and College of Charleston will all come to College Park.

Maryland will play Wofford on Dec. 28 at noon with Howard and College of Charleston playing at 2:30 p.m. For $20, fans can get two general admission tickets, two hot dogs and two medium sodas for Saturday’s games. On Dec. 29, Maryland will play either Howard or College of Charleston at approximately 1:30 p.m., or 30 minutes after the other two schools play at 11 a.m.

For tickets to the Terrapin Classic, log on to umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP. The Terps’ games can be watched on umterps.com for a fee and live updates will be available at https://twitter.com/umdwbb. Live stats will be available for all four games.